NYC industrial metal band Uniform will unveil their new album this summer.

Revealed today, American Standard will be released on August 23 via Sacred Bones. Lyrically, the four-song release was inspired by vocalist Michael Berdan's bulimia nervosa. A new single from the record titled "This Is Not A Prayer" is out on digital services right now. Pre-orders for the record can be made here.

Berdan said this about the new record and single:

"Although our new record is best experienced as one cohesive piece, it isn’t exactly ‘Dopesmoker’. The songs on American Standard feed into an overarching narrative with the goal of retaining their own individual identities.

Existing in the netherworld between Public Image Ltd. and Butthole Surfers, ‘This Is Not A Prayer’ best exemplifies the bludgeoning percussive interplay between dual drummers Michael Sharp and Michael Blume. Similar to bands like Swans or even Meshuggah, the guitar, bass, and vocals on this track act in complete service to what’s happening on the kits. The song is as purely rhythmic as we’ve ever dared to attempt, and we hope that these beats will take you where you need to go. Drums should serve as lead instruments in extreme music more often, but I digress…

Thematically, ‘This Is Not A Prayer’ touches on the internal paradox that I’ve experienced while in the throes of an eating disorder. It’s about how the best I’ve ever felt about my physical appearance came when the people I love have told me that I look sick. Rather than taking their concerns to heart, I internalized these sentiments as proof that I was on the right track. I was not."

Uniform will support the record with a trek across the West Coast this September with support from World Peace. Prior to the trek, the band will hold a record release show on August 30 at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom with special guests Poison Ruin and LEYA. Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday (June 28) at 10 a.m. local time here.

American Standard tracklisting:

1 - American Standard

2 - This Is Not A Prayer

3 - Clemency

4 - Permanent Embrace

Uniform tour dates

Aug 30: New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom (Record Release Show) !

Sep 03: Landers, CA - Giant Rock

Sep 04: Los Angeles, CA - Zebulon #

Sep 05: San Francisco, CA - Thee Parkside #

Sep 06: Eugene, OR - John Henry’s #

Sep 07: Seattle, WA - Black Lodge #

Sep 08: Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios #

Sep 09: Vancouver, BC - The Pearl #

Sep 10: Tacoma, WA - Elks Temple #

! w/ Poison Ruin and LEYA

# w/ World Peace